CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin John Shappee

CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin John Shappee

CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin John Shappee Assistant Professor University of Hawaii shappee@hawaii.edu Institute for Astronomy http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/shappee/ 2680 Woodlawn Drive Citizenship: United States of America Honolulu, HI 96822-1839 USA Research Interests Observational astrophysics with an emphasis on optical surveys, the transient universe, tidal disruption events, changing-look active galactic nuclei, and type Ia supernovae progenitors. Positions Held 2017 − : Assistant Professor University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy 2014 − 2017 : Hubble, Carnegie-Princeton Fellow, Carnegie Observatories 2013 − 2014 : OSU Presidential Fellow, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 2013 : Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 2010 − 2013 : National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 2009 − 2010 : Teaching Associate, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 2008 − 2009 : Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University Advisor: Prof. Saurabh W. Jha 2006 − 2008 : Physics Demonstration Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University Education June, 2014 : Ph.D., Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Thesis: The Transient Universe Advisor: Professor Krzysztof Z. Stanek June, 2012 : M.S., Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio May, 2009 : B.A., Physics, Astronomy & Math, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Honors: Summa Cum Laude Honors & Awards 2014 : NASA Hubble Fellowship, Carnegie Observatories (National) 2014 : Carnegie-Princeton Fellowship, Carnegie Observatories (National) 2013 : Presidential Fellowship, The Ohio State University (University) 2013 : Allan Markowitz Award in Observational Astronomy, The Ohio State University (Departmental) 2010 : National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellow, The Ohio State University (National) 2009 : Richard T. Weidner Prize, Rutgers University (Departmental) 2008 : Herman Y. Carr Scholarship, Rutgers University (Departmental) 2006 : New Jersey Blouse Distinguished Scholar Award (State) Selected External Research Support 2021: “A STIS view of ASASSN-14ko: uncovering the nature of the recently discovered periodic nuclear tran- sient STScI HST-GO-16498”, PI, Hubble Space Telescope Guest Observer Program, $38; 657 2021: “A STIS view of ASASSN-14ko: uncovering the nature of the recently discovered periodic nuclear tran- sient STScI HST-GO-16451”, PI, Hubble Space Telescope Guest Observer Program, $39; 398 2021: “An Extragalactic Old Faithful: Uncovering the Nature of the ASASSN-14ko’s Periodic Flares”, CoI; Finical PI, NICER Guest Observer Cycle 3, $37; 500 2021: “REU/RET Site: University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy”, CoI, NSF 19-582 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (FAIN: #2050710), $620; 829 2021: “Increasing The Impact Of TESS With The All-Sky Automated Survey For Supernovae”, CoI, TESS GI Proposal Cycle 4 (G04174 ), $250; 000 2020: “Collaborative Research: Beyond Gaia: Expanding the Dynamical Map of the Milky Way with Astero- seismic Distances”, CoI, National Science Foundation Grant (AST #2009828), $295; 777 2020: “Early-Time UVOT and XRT Follow-up of Bright TDEs Detected by ASAS-SN”, CoI, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Guest Investigator (80NSSC21K0136), $39; 996 2019: “MRI: Development of a Robotic University of Hawaii 88” Telescope (Robo88)”, PI, National Science Foundation Grant (AST #1920392), $991; 297 2019: “WoU-MMA: Collaborative Research: All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae in the Era of Multi- Messenger Astrophysics”, PI, National Science Foundation Grant (AST #1908952), $341; 837 2019: “Hawaii Supernova Flows”, CoPI, National Science Foundation Grant (AST #1911074), $555; 978 2019: “Using TESS as a Transient Explorer Survey Satellite”, PI, TESS GI Proposal Cycle 2 (80NSSC19K1717), $200; 000 2019: “Rainbow Road: Mapping Multi-Wavelength AGN Variability in the Era of TESS”, PI, 2019 NASA Fellowship Activity (Fellow: Anna Payne; 80NSSC19K1679), $165; 000 2019: “Cometary Observation Metadata Archive (COMA), an Interactive Science Portal for Primitive Solar System Objects”, CoI, NASA - Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools (80NSSC19K0413), $1; 069; 228 2017 : “Forming a More Perfect Union: Enhancing the Science of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite from the Ground”, PI, Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation, $77; 186 2016 : “Whimper of a Bang: Documenting the Final Days of the Nearby Type Ia Supernova 2011fe”, PI, HST Cycle 24 Guest Observer Program, $48; 802 2016 : “Going gently into the night: constraining Type Ia supernova nucleosynthesis using late-time photome- try”, CoI, HST Cycle 24 Guest Observer Program, $118; 309 2015 : “Whimper of a Bang: Documenting the Final Days of the Nearby Type Ia Supernova 2011fe”, PI, HST Cycle 23 Guest Observer Program, $38; 651 2015 : “All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes”, Senior Personnel, National Science Foundation Grant (AST #1515927), $640; 000 2015 : “Swift Follow-Up of The Most Interesting ASAS-SN Transients”, CoI, Swift Cycle 11 Guest Investigator Program, $40; 500 2014 : “Whimper of a Bang: Documenting the Final Days of the Nearby Type Ia Supernova 2011fe”, PI, HST Cycle 22 Guest Observer Program, $46; 144 Professional Activities Aug 2021 : Science Organizing Committee, TESS Science Conference II Aug 2019 : Science Organizing Committee, TESS Science Conference I Aug. 2015 : Workshop Co-Host, Carnegie SN Ia Progenitor Workshop 2015 − : Referee, The Astronomical Journal 2015 − : Referee, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014 − : Referee, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2013 − : Referee, The Astrophysical Journal 2012 − : Member, American Astronomical Society Advising Experience Graduate: Michael Tucker (UH); Type Ia Supernovae 8/2017− Kyle Hart (UH); ASAS-SN Sky Patrol 6/2018− Anna Payne (UH); Changing-look AGN 8/2018− Aaron Do (UH); Hawaii SN Flows 8/2018− Jason Hinkle (UH); Tidal Disruption Events 8/2019− Dhvanil Desai (UH); Type II Supernovae 8/2021− Undergraduate: Current: Anna Gardner (UH); Infrared-excess White Dwarfs 3/2021− Helena Treiber (UH REU); AGN in T ESS 3/2021− Willem Hoogendam(UH REU); Interesting 91bg-like SNe Ia 3/2021− Jesse Zeldes (UH REU); ASAS-SN M-dwarfs in K2 and TESS 6/2020− Past: Liam Dubay (UH ! Ohio State); SNe Ia-CSMs in GALEX 6/2020−6/2021 John Bredall (UH ! Ohio State); Young Stellar Objects 9/2018−8/2020 Erica Sawczynec (UH ! UT Austin ); Changing-look AGN 8/2018−5/2019 Dominick Rowan (UH REU ! Ohio State); WDs in GALEX 6/2018−5/2019 Jacob E. Jencson (OSU ! CalTech ! UArizona); Supernovae 2/2012−6/2014 Teaching ASTR 790: Astro-ph Seminar – Joint taught Spring and Fall 2018-2021 ASTR 699: Professional Development – 1st-Year Grad Student; Joint taught Fall 2018-2021 ASTR 110: Survey of Astronomy – 2 sections – Spring 2020 ASTR 734: Order of Magnitude – Spring 2019 Refereed Publications Summary: 188 total refereed/submitted publications, 10 first author, 63 with significant contribution, 115 with contribution; ∼ 11; 500+ citations; ∼ 1; 650+ 1st-author citations; h ' 47; the 2 papers led by my postdocs are denote by *, 12 papers led by my grad students are denote by **, and the 4 by my undergrad students are denote by ***. Submitted: 15. ***Zeldes, Jesse, Hinkle, Jason T., Shappee, B. J. et al. 2021,“Flares Big and Small: a K2 and TESS View of ASAS-SN Superflares ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2109.04501˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210904501Z) 14. ***Dubay, Liam O., Tucker, M. A., Do, Aaron, Shappee, B. J. et al. 2021,“Late-Onset Circumstellar Medium Interactions are Rare: An Unbiased GALEX View of Type Ia Supernovae ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2104.02086˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210402086D) 13. **Payne, Anna V., Shappee, B. J. et al. 2021,“The Rapid X-ray and UV Evolution of ASASSN-14ko ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2104.06414˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210406414P) 12. **Do, Aaron, Shappee, B. J. et al. 2021,“Blast From the Past: Constraining Progenitor Models of SN 1972E ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2102.07796˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210207796D) 11. **Hinkle, Jason T., J. T., Holoien, T., Shappee, B. J., et al. 2021,“The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly-Evolving, UV and X-ray Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2108.03245˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210803245H) 10. *Ashall, C., et al. (incl. Shappee, B. J. ) 2021,“Carnegie Supernova Project: The First Homogeneous Sample of “Super-Chandrasekhar Mass”/2003fg-like Type Ia Supernova ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2106.12140˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210612140A) 9. *de Jaeger, T., Shappee, B. J. , et al. 2021,“ASAS-SN search for optical counterparts of gravitational- wave events from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO/Virgo ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2108.04839˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210804839D) 8. Hanus,ˇ J., Pejcha, O., Shappee, B. J. , et al. 2021,“V -band photometry of asteroids from ASAS-SN: Finding asteroids with slow spin ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2107.10027˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210710027H) 7. Lu, J., et al. (incl. Shappee, B. J. ) 2021,“ASASSN-15hy: an under-luminous, red 03fg-like type Ia supernova ” arXiv e-prints,arXiv:2107.08150˙ (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210708150L) 6. Kawash, A., et al. (incl. Shappee, B. J. ) 2021,“Galactic Extinction: How Many Novae Does

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